“The kids are gonna be fine. We’ve shown them a healthy marriage. This is just gonna be a blip on their radar years from now. We’re their parents, Bec. We do the best we can. But at the end of the day what happens to them, how they turn out, that’s bigger than us. Sometimes they’ll make good…”Tagged: Family, Parenthood, Marriage, kids, Relationships
“You deserve it. You deserve the beautiful life you’ve made. You deserve everything, Randall. My beautiful boy. My son. I haven’t had a happy life. Bad breaks. Bad choices. A life of almosts and could-haves. Some would call it sad, but I don’t. ‘Cause the two best things in my life were the person in…”Tagged: Life, Relationships, Acceptance
“Thank you. For doing what I couldn’t. For raising him to be the man he is. I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to meet you, brother. I would have liked to have heard that laugh. I would have liked to have met my son’s father.”Tagged: Family First, Adoption, Children, kids, Son
“No. No, come on, that’s BS. You don’t do that to your family. You find your soul mate, you get married, you stay together until you die, period.”Tagged: marriage & adult relationships, Relationships, Family, Loyalty, soulmates
“Sometimes you just got to do the right thing. You got to do the right thing, even if it’s not what you want.”Tagged: Right Choices, Life, Decisions
“Sexiest thing about a man is his sense of humor.”Tagged: Attractive, Funny, Relationships, Dating, Qualities To Look For
“The point is, I don’t know what we are. Okay? That’s the truth. I don’t know what I think we are. I just know that I like the fact that there’s a 'we' for us to talk about.”Tagged: Love, Relationships, Almost Relationships
“Understanding and forgiveness are two very different animals.”Tagged: forgive, Understanding, Relationships, Marriage
“If at some point in your life, you find a way to show somebody else the same kindness that your parents showed you, that’s all the present I’ll need.”Tagged: kindness, Goodness, Parents, Relationships
“Kate, I am here to take the first steps in overcoming our insanity one last time, for both of us. Because it’s Christmas. And because we’re good together. I’m back on the diet. Not for you, for me. But also for you, so that you’ll be with me. I can live without pizza and cookies and potato chips and…”Tagged: Relationships, Dating, Relationships Goals, soulmates
“It feels like all these beautiful pieces of life are flying around me and I’m trying to catch them. When my granddaughter falls asleep in my lap, I try to catch the feeling of her breathing against me. And when I make my son laugh, I try to catch the sound of him laughing. How it rolls up from his…”Tagged: Dying, Life, Relationships, Understanding, Beautiful Moments
“I painted this because I felt like the play was about life, you know? And life is full of color. And we each get to come along and we add our own color to the painting, you know? And even though it’s not very big, the painting, you sort of have to figure that it goes on forever, you know, in each…”Tagged: Life, Changes, Relationships, struggles, Overcoming Adversity
“I just keep thinking about my wife and how I just want to get home to her, hang out with her, make sure she’s okay. Which is crazy, because she’s at her absolute worst right now. I mean, like, Exorcist level bad. But I still don’t want to escape her. Or my future vomiting, crap-riddled kids. I just,…”Tagged: Love, Relationships, Family, Spouse, Wife
“It’s always gonna be about the weight for me, Toby. It’s been my story ever since I was a little girl. And every moment that I’m not thinking about it, I’m thinking about it. Like, will this chair hold me? Will this dress fit me? And if I ever get pregnant, would will anyone ever notice? It’s just…”Tagged: Weight, Appearance, Insecurity, Doubt, fat
“Some people think the scariest part is coming to the hospital to have the baby. The scariest part is leaving the hospital with the baby.”Tagged: Parenthood, kids, Children, hospital, Giving Birth
“My dad put on a tie every day because he had to. I put one on every day because I want to. It’s important you know that. Maybe I don’t run into burning buildings for a living, but to me, my work is challenging and exciting. I will not apologize for the fact that it’s hard to explain to people.”Tagged: father, Son, Father and Son, Family
“The moment I saw you, I knew you were my boy. You weren’t a choice, Randall, you were a fact. You were never a replacement, son. Do you understand?”Tagged: Adoption, Family, Love, Relationships, Son
“When you make a commitment to a child, you got to stick to it.”Tagged: Adoption, Parenthood, Commit, Family, Relationships